Earmark Database

Since 1991, Citizens Against Government Waste has chronicled how lawmakers have spent hundreds of billions of dollars on pork-barrel spending through the process of congressional earmarking. CAGW’s Earmark Database collects almost 30 years of work identifying wasteful spending projects and makes the information available online in one searchable database for the very first time. The earmark database is a powerful tool for lawmakers, citizens, and researchers alike.
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FY State Cost Description Status Chamber Appropriation House Senate
2008 MI $262,640 United way for Southeastern Michigan, Detroit, to construct a training center for non-profit social service providers (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Kilpatrick, Rogers Stabenow, Levin
2008 OK $137,200 OK Native American Cultural and Educational Authority for American Indian Cultural Center and Museum, Oklahoma City (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Fallin Inhofe
2008 CA $98,000 Stanislaus Ag Foundation in Modesto for planning design and construction of The Ag Science Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Cardoza
2008 MA $196,000 The Westfield Boys and Girls Club for renovation and repair (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Kennedy, Kerry
2008 WA $245,000 Seattle Nisei Veterans Committee, Veterans Memorial Hall, for construction (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Murray
2008 NY $177,747 Hudson River Navigator at the Village of Tarrytown (Natural Resources Conservation Service: Conservation Technical Assistance Projects) NBR H AG Lowey
2008 FL $294,921 Feed Efficiency in Cattle (Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service, Research and Education: Special Research Grants) NBR H AG Boyd
2008 OH $75,200 Lawrence County Sheriff's Department (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR H COM Wilson (Charlie)
2008 NJ $141,000 The Doe Fund Ready Willing & Able, Jersey City (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR COM Rothman Lautenberg, Menendez
2008 NY $117,500 LIFECamp Dropout Prevention Program, Jamaica (Discretionary Grants – Juvenile Justice Programs) NBR H COM Meeks
2008 OR $282,000 Lincoln County for methamphetamine initiatives (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Hooley Smith (Gordon), Wyden
2008 KY $282,000 Northern Kentucky Drug Strike Force (Methamphetamine Enforcement and Clean Up – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR COM Davis (Geoff) Bunning
2008 AL $752,000 Alabama District Attorneys Association, Montgomery, for computer forensics labs (State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance – Byrne Discretionary Grant) NBR H COM Bachus
2008 AL $164,500 St. Clair County Commission for Law Enforcement technology upgrades (Law Enforcement Technology and Interoperability – Community Oriented Policing Service) NBR S COM Shelby
2008 $1,000,000 Medical Information Network Decision Support (MINDS) tool development (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR DEF Waxman Boxer
2008 KY $5,000,000 Anti-Sniper Infrared Targeting System (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Navy) NBR DEF Rogers (KY) Bunning, McConnell
2008 IL $3,200,000 Virtual Warrior Interactive (VWI) (Other Procurement – Army) NBR DEF Mica, Cooper, Hare, Marshall Durbin, Coleman
2008 $3,200,000 Geospatial Airship Research Platform (GARP) (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF Kaptur
2008 $1,600,000 EQUATE at Army Operational Test Command (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Army) NBR H DEF English
2008 TX $1,200,000 Texas Research Institute for Environmental Studies (Research, Development, Test and Evaluation – Air Force) NBR H DEF Brady (TX), Rodriguez
2008 AK $2,000,000 Alaska Land Mobile Radio (ALMR) (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR S DEF Stevens
2008 AK $7,468,000 Alaska NORAD Comm Survivability and Diversity (Other Procurement – Air Force) NBR S DEF Stevens
2008 MS $885,600 New Albany Electrical Substation (Department of Energy: Electric Delivery and Energy Reliability) NBR ENERGY Wicker Cochran
2008 MA $98,400 North River, Peabody (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR ENERGY Olver; Tierney Kennedy, Kerry
2008 OH $3,936,000 Interagency Advanced Computing Research, Equipment and Facilities at Nextedge Technology Park (Department of Energy – Weapons Activities) NBR ENERGY Hobson Voinovich
2008 DE $4,319,000 Wilmington Harbor (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR ENERGY Castle Biden; Carper
2008 Multi-State $2,339,952 Delaware River Main Channel deepening, NJ, PA & DE (Corps of Engineers: Construction) NBR S ENERGY Specter; Casey
2008 OR $409,000 Chetco River (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY Smith; Wyden
2008 VT $914,000 Ball Mountain Lake (Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance) NBR S ENERGY
2008 OH $250,000 Shawnee State University for an Immersive Technology and Arts Center (Small Business Administration) NBR H FINSER Schmidt
2008 CA $1,500,000 San Bernardino County Fire Department (FEMA Predisaster Mitigation) NBR C HS Jerry Lewis
2008 NY $147,660 Maverick Concert Hall Preservation (National Park Service – Save America's Treasures) NBR H INT Hinchey
2008 IL $295,320 The Village of Chatham for water supply infrastructure improvements (EPA – State and Tribal Assistance Grants) NBR S INT Durbin
2008 $970,000 B.J. Stupak Olympic Scholarship Program (Higher Education – Department of Education) NBR H LABHHS Stupak, Bart
2008 NC $292,000 Wake County, Raleigh, for facilities and equipment for Holy Hill Hospital (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS Price (NC) David Dole, Burr
2008 GA $43,000 Monroe County Hospital, Forsyth, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Marshall, Jim
2008 CA $292,000 Gardner Family Health Network, Inc., San Jose, for facilities and equipment (Health Resources and Services Administration – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR H LABHHS Honda, Michael
2008 CT $331,000 Connecticut Council of Family Service Agencies, Wethersfield, for the Empowering People for Success Initiative (Social Services – Department of Health and Human Services) NBR LABHHS DeLauro, Rosa Dodd, Lieberman
2008 AR $73,000 Lyon College, Botesville, to purchase and install equipment (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR LABHHS Berry, Marion Lincoln, Pryor
2008 MA $165,000 Massachusetts League of Community Health Centers, East Boston, for a health-care workforce development program (Employment and Training Administration – Department of Labor) NBR S LABHHS Kennedy, Kerry
2008 NH $146,000 New Hampshire Community Technology College System, Concord, to standardize technology and learning (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Gregg
2008 NV $195,000 Esmeralda County School District, Goldfield, to continue accelerated reading and math programs (Fund for the Improvement of Education – Department of Education) NBR S LABHHS Reid
2008 NM $490,000 I-25 Mesa del Sol Interchange, Alburquerque (Interstate Maintenance Discretionary) NBR THUD Wilson Bingaman, Domenici
2008 MD $490,000 MD 175 Improvements, Anne Arundel County Federal lands (Public Lands Highways) NBR THUD Ruppersberger, Sarbanes Mikulski, Cardin
2008 WI $196,000 Metropolitan Business Collaborative in Milwaukee for planning, design and construction of the Urban Entrepreneurship Center (Economic Development Initiative) NBR H THUD Moore
2008 MI $196,000 TechTown, Detroit, for renovations for historic structures for economic development (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Kilpatrick Stabenow, Levin
2008 OH $294,000 Bus and ParaTransit Vans (Buses & Bus Facilities) NBR THUD Fallin Inhofe
2008 MA $196,000 Urban League of Eastern Massachusetts, Roxbury to assist in the expansion of the Urban League of Eastern Massachuttes facility expansion (Economic Development Initiative) NBR THUD Capuano Kennedy, Kerry
2008 LA $1,960,000 Center for Planning Excellence; Baton Rouge, to coordinate uban and rural planning in South Louisiana (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Landrieu
2008 CA $328,300 San Francisco Museum and Historical Society, redevelopment of the Old Mint facility (Economic Development Initiative) NBR S THUD Boxer, Feinstein

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Status ABR – Above president's budget request
NBR – No budget request by president
Chamber C – Inserted in conference committee
H – Inserted in the House
S – Inserted in the Senate
HS – Inserted in the House and Senate
Appropriation AG – Agriculture
COM – Commerce
DEF – Defense
FINSER – Financial Services
FOROP – Foreign Operations
HS – Homeland Security
INT – Interior
LEG – Legislative
MILCON – Military Construction
THUD – Transportation/HUD
VAHUD – VA/HUD